Whip-socket



(No Model.) t

G. A. L. JOHNSON.

WHIP'SOGKET.

10-479,811. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. L. JOHNSON, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

lWHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,811, dated August 2, 1892.

Application filed November Z7, 1891. Serial No. 413.344- (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that. I, GEORGE A. L. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, Lancaster county, State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful VVhip-Safeguard; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, to wit:

My invention relates to an improvement in locks for whip-sockets, the object being to provide a device of this character which will be eective and durable in construct-ion and adapted for application to the ordinary forms of sockets.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a whip-socket with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the whip-clamp detached, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the whip-socket and lock shown in Fig. l.

D includes the Whip-socket, which must be formed at one side with an opening d.

The lock consists of a recessed plate A, a clamp B, and a screw-shank C. The plate A is riveted to the socket D and provided with a central threaded opening a. This plate is formed with parallel recesses or channels 1 and 2, closed at theirouter ends and opening into the opening CZ of the socket.

The clamp B consists of a vertical body 3,

cured loosely at its inner end Within an open- Y ing 6 of the clamp B and its outer end is of a shape to enter a suitable key. The shank is formed with a shoulder 7, which bears against the clamp D and is threaded, as shown, to engage the lthreads of the plate A. It Will be observed that the turning of the shank c by a key will force the clamp B against or away from the whip F, accordingly as the shank is turned. The arms 5 of the clamp are guided within the channels of the plate A, and thus an extended vertical surface is forced against the whip and a firm secure locking of the Whip is insured.

I claim- The combination,with a whip-socket formed With an opening at one side, of a lock `consisting of a plate formed with parallel channels and a central screw-threaded opening, a clamp B, having a concave vertical face and parallel horizontal arms extending into the channels of the plate A, and a shank c, loosely secured to the clamp at one end, shaped to receive a key at its other end, and screwthreaded to turn within the opening of the plate A, substantially as described.

GEORGE A. L. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. BURKE, B. F. JOHNSON. 

